WASHINGTON — Frozen raw shrimp sold at Walmart in several states may be contaminated with a radioactive isotope, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.

The FDA issued a warning on Tuesday regarding possible exposure to Cesium-137, or Cs-137, detected in shipping containers and frozen shrimp products at four U.S. ports. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol alerted the FDA about the Cs-137 detection, and regulators collected samples from the container and the products, confirming the presence of the radioactive component in one sample of breaded shrimp, according to the press release.

The shrimp products were processed by Indonesia's PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, known as BMS Foods.

Walmart confirmed that the recall only affects the following 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgi

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